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Project Outline: General guide with specifics of project to be determined further: To explore ways of enhancing rehabilitation services and quality of life for Aboriginal Australians after acquired brain injury. To explore contexts of care along the rehabilitation journey from acute through to...
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Project Outline: A series of projects related to the analysis and improvement of out of hospital cardiac arrest management. A number of project themes are available and can be tailored to the candidate’s interest. These include (and are examples only): Use of first responders in cardiac...
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Project Outline: My research is situated within the child and family health nursing framework. I am interested in topics that investigate issues impacting on child and family health outcomes. I am particularly interested in the following; Child health/neonatal research topics Mental health of...
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Project Outline: Peripheral intravenous cannula (PIVC) are a universally known intervention for patients in acute health services to assist with management of conditions, and are the most commonly inserted vascular access device. Most PIVCs are inserted to administer intravenous fluids,...
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Project Outline: This study will examine heat exposure levels of workers in the North of Australia who work a FIFO roster and spend their off-swing in colder climates. Various physiological indicators of heat acclimatisation will be determined at the end of their time on-site and again upon...
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Project Outline: The Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain is characterized by accumulation of aggregated beta amyloid (AB) in neurons. A systemic failure to clean up the toxic (AB) protein aggregates is a major cause of neuronal loss and cognitive decline in AD. Our recent findings have shown that...
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Project Outline: Mitochondria are important targets of the AB peptide. There is mounting evidence for mitochondria-specific AB accumulation, AD-related mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptotic cell death. Though antioxidant targeted therapeutic strategies are popular, mitochondrial targeted...
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Project Outline: Are you interested in examining preschool speech, language and literacy in a LARGE cohort of children in Perth? ECU is recruiting PhD and/or Masters students to work with us and the Origins study to assess 5 year old children. This is a fabulous opportunity to get into research...
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Project Outline: The autophagy-lysosomal pathway functions as a quality control mechanism to clear unwanted proteins, sugars, damaged organelles and multiple lines of evidence indicate that impairment in this pathway is a central mechanism in storage disorders like Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and...
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Project Outline: General guide with specifics of project to be determined further: To explore effective, timely rehabilitation options for people with communication disorders following acquired brain injury (for example stroke, traumatic brain injury); intervention efficacy, dosage, treatment...